In Thailand, at least 15 volunteers have been killed and four others wounded in an attack by suspected insurgents. The late-night attack targeted a security checkpoint in southern Yala province.<br />''<br />''Thai police said attackers have fired into a security checkpoint in southern Thailand and killed at least 15 volunteer officers. Government symbols and representatives are often the target of attacks.<br />''<br />''Thailand's three most southern provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala have faced a Malay-Muslim separatist insurgency since 2004 that has claimed nearly 7,000 lives.<br />